Dr. Ala Stanford isn't a pastor, though she's often at church and many in Philadelphia will tell you she is doing God’s work. Stanford has tested more than 1,500 deeply appreciative residents in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. In her hometown of Philadelphia, blacks make up the majority
Dr. Ala Stanford isn't a pastor, though she's often at church and many in Philadelphia will tell you she is doing God’s work.
Amid concerns in the health care community about the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on black and brown communities, Stanford decided to take action. “The need is great... It just confirms to us that we’re exactly where we need to be testing these communities,” Stanford added. Story continuesIn North Philadelphia’s 19120 zip code-- just 2.7 per 1000 people are getting tested. The median household income there is around $37,000.
“I call it the epidemic that never ends like wait one day we'll, we'll get out of coronavirus and sure we'll get out of it it was mitigated with something we could say with the vaccine etc. The epidemic that we really need to control long term is social inequality and that you know has centuries of history.
“People may be more concerned about going in to donate blood. And this is particularly problematic where in urban areas you're worried that you might be exposed to COVID-19 going in to donate blood,” Dr. Kimberly Whitley, chairwoman of the Sickle Cell Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia told ABC News.
Waller invited Stanford to test at his church, hoping to spread awareness of the importance of being tested. “We know that when America catches a cold the black community has pneumonia. And so we have to take extra steps to make sure that the message gets out... it's a challenge to the system to recognize that disparities exist already. It's a challenge to our community to recognize that this is real, and we have to take responsibility for our own health,” Pastor Waller said.
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